romancing Amanda Bynes

i decided after re-listening to Kid Cudi’s “cudderisback freestyle” that i would further investigate this rumor that he was helping further along that he was dating Amanda Bynes. i found out that it all started when she TWEETED “with kid cudi :).” you all remember amanda bynes best as being the super annoying host of the Amanda Show on Nickelodeon and the gender-bending star of She’s the Man and maybe more recently Hairspray if you’re into self-punishing (in that case you probably saw Passion of the Christ too).

my guess is they got drunk and he smashed but they’re not dating. cudder!

Kamaal the Abstract (aka Q-Tip from ATCQ) – “Blue Girl”

this experimental record Q-Tip recorded almost 10 years ago was just finally released. it’s one of my favorite cd’s ever. i actually bought the demo on eBay when I first got into my Native Tongues phase

nosaj thing – “aquarium”

i myself have had a romantic encounter with this one as the soundtrack. probably best known as Scott Mescudi’s “Man on the Moon.” this started a little e-Beef between Mescudder and up-and-coming LA producer Nosaj (Jason backwards) but now it appears they’ll be working together in the future. exciting news since I think this kid has the gift on the board. he wrecks remixes and his instrumental debut Drift was one of the finest releases of last year

Scott Mescudi btw is KID CUDI’s legal name. Rappers’ real names are always humerous. Imagine how easily he could have been Kid Scudi.

ayomari – “body language”

this one is off ayomari’s upcoming project “The PB&J Solution” and i bet it combined with some cool water cologne and a swisher sweet would be all i would require to get to third base with amanda bynes

dmx vs. the xx

right click, download. direct link

managed to find a pre-crackhead dmx jpeg. swedish group the xx is making a splash here finally, you might recognize this beat more as Mike Posner’s “One Foot Out the Door” but it’s the intro to their self-titled debut record – an AWESOME cd i’ll probably post material from some other time

this blend by the Hood Internet

the dude from City High was on A&E’s Intervention

click the picture for the video of the song you know them for

his drug of choice btw alcohol. at one point in the episode he beautifully played “a song for you” by donny hathaway on the piano and his voice is still on point. he’s got no business drinking Steel Reserve that shit is grrrrosssssss son

[mild spoilers]

he was dating Claudette the hot girl in the group until she left him for the other guy in the group. the group split and he moved in with his parents again. but candy finnigan, that minx, convinced him to seek treatment – in MALIBU where else and he’s been sober since October. watching him drunk viewing his youtube video was funny and now all the comments are about the episode. twitter is aflutter and you know the Junkfood is on it, Intervention is one of my favorite shows. Jeff Van Vonderen would have been a better choice…

another aside: he took a ginormous pull from a vodka bottle and goes “mmmm There’s the flavor!” adopting this saying for my own alcoholism. college